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Scientists Discover Neural Link Between Generosity and Happiness. By Anna Williams on Aug 1, 2017 Link to original article Thorsten Kahnt, PhD, assistant professor of Neurology in the Division of Comprehensive Neurology, was a co-author of the study published in Nature Communications. A new study finds that people who pledged to practice generosity showed greater […]

The daily devotion from the Henri Nouwen ministry about serving generously: The opposite of a scarcity mentality is an abundancy mentality. With an abundancy mentality we say: “There is enough for everyone, more than enough: food, knowledge, love … everything.” With this mind-set we give away whatever we have, to whomever we meet. When we […]

2/19/12 KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY ENCOURAGED Kevin Jesmer NIU UBF Sunday, February 19, 2012 Proverbs 11:16-31 Key Verse: 11:30 “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who is wise saves lives.” Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for the dawn of a new day, full of hope and full of expectation. […]

"But if serving the Lord seems undesireable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15